# Accident 20170508005039A: Beech B19, Weatherford, TX, May 8, 2017 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: May 8, 2017, 09:00 local time - Place: Weatherford, TX - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Maneuver - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 32.8299° N, 97.7003° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8299&lon=-97.7003&mi=10 - Aircraft: N18925, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18925-2018-10-01) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Beech B19 (registry code 1151215, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b19) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH B19 - Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor - Pilot flight hours: 6,574 total, 65 in this make and model, 104 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN17LA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA179) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170508005039A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. STUDENT?S STATEMENT: FORCED LANDING MANEUVER. I SWITCHED THE FUEL SELECTOR TO THE RIGHT TANK AS THE POH CALLS FOR BEFORE LANDING IN THE BEECH SPORT, THEN I SELECTED CARBURETOR HEAT, TURNED ON THE FUEL PUMP, AND LOWERED THE THROTTLE SLOWLY TO JUST ABOVE IDLE. I PICKED A FIELD SUITABLE TO ATTEMPT A LANDING AND BEGAN OUR DESCENT TO AROUND 2000 FT. MSL. AT THIS TIME CFI TOLD ME TO SIMULATE UNLATCHING THE DOOR AND PREPARING FOR LANDING. WE WERE DESCENDING ABOUT 800 FPM AND HE INSTRUCTED ME THAT AT THIS RATE WE PROBABLY WOULD?VE MISSED THE FIELD I WAS TRYING FOR. HE THEN INSTRUCTED ME TO INITIATE A GO AROUND AND HEAD BACK TO THE AIRPORT FOR NORMAL LANDINGS. I ADVANCED THE THROTTLE SLOWLY BACK TO FULL POWER AND THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NOTICED THIS IMMEDIATELY AND TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. HE CYCLED THE THROTTLE AND STILL NO POWER. THE ENGINE APPEARED TO REMAIN AT IDLE. HE CYCLED THE CARBURETOR HEAT AND HAD ME VERIFY THAT WE HAD THE FUEL PUMP ON (WHICH IT WAS.) NEXT, HE TOLD ME TO TRY TO CRANK THE ENGINE. I TURNED THE KEY AND NOTHING CHANGED. BASED ON OUR SINK RATE, THIS WAS ABOUT ALL THE TIME WE HAD TO TROUBLESHOOT BEFORE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAID WE WOULD HAVE TO SET THE AIRCRAFT DOWN. WE WERE UNABLE TO REACH THE FIELD AND IT WAS CLEAR WE WERE HEADED FOR A GROVE OF TREES. CFI STATEMENT: AFTER ABOUT A HALF HOUR OF PERFORMING SOME AIR WORK AND SIMULATED INSTRUMENT TRAINING MANEUVERS, WE TURNED ON FUEL BOOST PUMP AND THE STUDENT SWITCHED FUEL TANKS. THE STUDENT GLANCED AT THE FUEL IN THE LEFT TANK AND IT WAS REGISTERING JUST ABOVE HALF. THE RIGHT TANK SHOWED SLIGHTLY HIGHER. I LOOKED AND VISUALLY CHECKED THE FUEL SELECTOR AGAINST THE RIGHT DETENT ON THE FUEL SELECTOR. I TOLD HIM TO LEAVE THE FUEL BOOST PUMP ON SINCE OR NEXT MANEUVER WOULD BE THE SIMULATED FORCED LANDING. AFTER FLYING AROUND FOR SEVERAL MINUTES WHILE THE STUDENT GOT HIS BEARINGS, WE DISCUSSED THE PROCEDURES FOR THE SIMULATED FORCED LANDING. THE STUDENT THEN TURNED ON THE CARB HEAT, RETARDED THE THROTTLE TO IDLE AND ESTABLISHED A BEST GLIDE SPEED OF 78 KNOTS. WE STARTED OUR DESCENT FROM 3000 FEET. WE FIRST SELECTED ONE NOTCH OF FLAPS, AND THEN A SECOND NOTCH. I TOLD HIM TO NOTE THAT THE BEECH HAD A SINK RATE OF ABOUT 800 FPM- HIGHER THAN A 150 OR 172. AT 2000 FEET I TOLD THE STUDENT TO SIMULATE UNLATCHING HIS DOOR, AND TOLD HIM THAT WITH THIS SINK RATE WE PROBABLY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GLIDE TO THE FIELD AS INTENDED AND TO INITIATE A GO- AROUND. THE STUDENT THEN ADVANCED THE THROTTLE TO THE FORWARD POSITION AND DESELECTED CARB HEAT. THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE ENGINE. I THEN GRABBED THE THROTTLE AND CYCLED IT BACK AND THEN TO FULL FORWARD AND RESELECTED CARB HEAT. I TOLD THE STUDENT TO CHECK THE MAGS AND TURN THE IGNITION TO START. THAT HAD NO EFFECT. AT THAT TIME THE STUDENT ALSO NOTED THAT WE STILL HAD FUEL PRESSURE. I TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE AND STARTED A SLOW DECELERATION AS WE NOW DESCENDING TO A WOODED AREA JUST IN FRONT OF OUR INITIAL INTENDED SIMULATED SPOT. ## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB CEN17LA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA179), May 8, 2017: Beech 19 (N18925), Weatherford, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s inadequate in-flight fuel management, which resulted in fuel starvation and a total loss of engine power. ## Other reports on N18925 (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 19840905064759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840905064759I), Sep 5, 1984: Beech B19 (N18925), Atlantic City, NJ, Minor damage. During landing aircraft bounced several times and drifted off runway. Nose gear collapsed. From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.